I was impressed with how flat the response was compared to my $300 Bose Series 301 which sound like shit to me now. I still need a proper monitor.

The problem with these speakers I found out when installing them at home -- one of the tweeters is out. Too bad because they sounded really nice as a poor-man's monitor until I get better.

In the meantime, I removed both of the tweeters and installed some generic ones. The treble and high-mid is no longer balanced and I couldn't use these as is. But they are serving as a nice listening speaker on the system in the Garage.

*edit: I'm still tempted to use these as a B mix reference (even though I can't trust the higher frequencies) because it could really help me to sort out the mid-range mud.

It needs some restoration work but I'm happy with the find. Not a very high-end unit, nor is my Roland Alpha Juno II, but at these prices I can afford to stock up. I'm gonna need a Mac eventually. My buddy's setup is a bunch of analog synths run through Logic and rewired into Renoise somehow, and its so cool! Driving all that live gear in Renoise sequencing.

Things have been changing in this workspace. I have since added the following:

-Installed the new factory tweeter for those vintage Polk Monitor series 2-Ways. Swapped the Bose out with those.

-My Roland Alpha Juno 2 is back from my friend's house where it was being serviced & you already know about the aforementioned Korg DW-6000 & Roland R-5.

-Bought a Yamaha TX81z rack module on ebay for a little over $100. FM synthesis similar to the Dx7 but with more waveforms than just sine wav.

-Found a Fatar midi controller (for those who don't know Fatar makes a nice keybed that has been used in some of the good synths). It feels very nice and controls whatever I want in Renoise. 2nd only maybe to my Alpha Juno 2 keys but those are also much firmer. These Fatar keys have a really nice amount of play for gliding across the keys and perfect velocity sensitivity. $8 thrift store find.

-Received my new ADAT interface - Behringer ADA8200 $200 online. Now have 8 channels of digital input that interface effortlessly with the EMU1212m sound card. Loaded up the EMU ADAT preset and everything worked right away. Multichannels for mixing individually all the instruments live in Renoise (Still haven't pursued rewire yet).

-Also another ebay purchase for something like $30 - Roland Eidirol UM-3ex USB to midi interface with 3 full size midi ports. Features very low latency. So between that and the midi I have on the EMU1212 and one other single Turtle Beach usb-midi interface, I am up to 5 midi I/Os - enough for all the gear with a little room to spare. You can also daisy-chain those Roland Eidirols for a total of 9 midi I/Os so there's room for expansion.

-Another fun thrift store find today for $8 - I'm back in the analog age with an old model Technics turntable. The great thing about it was the head it came with is an Ortofon OMP 10 which I understand is not a bad little head for entry level audiophile listening (the head itself goes for around $100). Sounds quite nice listening to the one Vinyl album I have at the moment - Vangelis Chariots of Fire.. listening to his analog synths in analog. I added all the 80's Depeche Mode Vinyls onto my Amazon wishlist. More things to collect oh joy. See me on the reality show, Hoarders, in 10 years.

(Sorry for the blurry pics my tablet is too wonky and I take bad photos with it)